Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler (12 June 1796-8 May 1838) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-AL 3) from 4 March 1835 to 8 May 1838, succeeding Samuel W. Mardis and preceding George W. Crabb.

Biography
Joab Lawler was born in Union County, North Carolina in 1796, and he moved with his father to Tennessee and then to Mississippi in 1815. In 1820, he moved to Mardisville, Alabama, where he served in the State House from 1826 to 1831, in the State Senate from 1831 to 1832, as Receiver of Public Moneys for the Coosa land district from 1832 to 1835, and a member of the US House of Representatives from 1835 until his death in 1838.